Some want to keep the Gospel so disembodied that it does not get involved at all in the world it must save. Christ is now in history. Christ is in the womb of the people. Christ is now bringing about the new Heaven and the new earth and the work of Advent is involved in this vigilance and faith: to discover the fact that Christ is continually coming. Advent is not just four weeks of preparation for Christmas. Advent is the Church’s life. Advent is Christ’s presence as he uses his preachers, his priests, his catechists, his Catholic schools, all the effort meant to bring about God’s true reign, telling humanity that Isaiah’s prophecy is now fulfilled: Emmanuel – God-with-us!Archbishop Oscar Romero (1917-80) The mystical stream, which flows through the centuri